Absolute masterpiece of a performance

[@DraMiaouh]

The only one who accepted his pain instead of running away, ignoring it.

[@cshadeh]

After running away and ignoring it for a long time as the eleventh Doctor.

[@DraMiaouh]

@@cshadehExactly

[@cshadeh]

@@HandlesTheCyberman but at least they acknowledged their pain instead of hiding it. But who am I to judge, eh?

[@cshadeh]

@@HandlesTheCyberman you and me both, mate.

[@arounor]

They used the pain but tried to run. He had trillions of his own species on his conscience. Either kill them all to save the universe and wipe out his species and another or don't and let universe burn.

[@unclebilly96]

"Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?" One of the best lines, the most heartbreaking quote in the entire series.

[@marcuswalters8093]

"I had a duty of care" is one of my personal faves.

[@Haiwhattup]

Doesn’t it make more sense to say “Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me WOULDN’T make a difference?”?

[@unclebilly96]

@@Haiwhattup No because, grammatically, that means he does NOT forgive her

[@Haiwhattup]

@@unclebilly96 Ohhh I understand the context now. Thanks for elaborating

[@vaultscribe4501]

It’s why we love heroes. They have more strength than us-in all the important ways.

[@tzvikrasner6073]

This is what you get when you give the role to an experienced thespian like Cipaldi. You get a masterpiece.

[@AugustVonpetersborg]

9 was an experienced thespian, and this performance is just a monologue bordering on melodrama. He pulls it off well but this is not a good example of his talent, let alone a masterpiece.

[@christinabutterfield1801]

​@@AugustVonpetersborgoh get over yourself

[@wolvo5441]

@@christinabutterfield1801how is wrong, tennent and smiths doctors spoke of the war, how they felt and gave speeches and they were better than this.

[@sorrenblitz805]

​@@wolvo5441the writing for Tennant and Smith was also somewhat better. Capaldi got some real poop writing and it shows how good he is to make bad writing compelling.

[@literallyanangrymoose7717]

Compare this to 'mE and MaH MaTeS', 'ToNgUe!' and 'bIoLoGaE'. What a trajectory

[@AdamiRose]

The first time I saw this my first thought was "he's the ONLY one in this room who does understand"

[@Phantom_Zone]

Fr. He is literally the only one who can relate. I love when people say stuff like this to The Doctor. Like how 11 had to hear, "I am the last of my species." 11th looked so annoyed by that lie.

[@shiaras4675]

War Doctor was right. The choice he made that day on Gallifrey, destroying or hiding his planet and his people, saved more people than he believed at the time. The burden of that choice ensured the Doctor would do everything in his power to make sure no one else makes the same choice. Even 11 knowing that he saved Gallifrey in the end did not erase the memory of that guilt and loneliness and shame.

[@NemoConsequentae]

From his comments, there were other planets burned during the war. Even if he did find out that he saved Gallifrey.

[@tivednagol9127]

@@NemoConsequentae facts. Even if the Doctors saved Gallifrey, there’s still plenty of things the War Doctor did that the modern series Doctors should feel guilty for.

[@NewtonDKC]

And because a Time Lord understands probable realities, that even if he saved Gallifrey in one or billions of time lines, there are still billions of others where he destroyed it, or tried to save it and failed, or ran off and hid, or was oblivious what a time war even was because in those realities they never had one…the unbearable knowledge of a Time Lord and knowing in a very real, visceral way all the infinite outcomes branching from every single instant of reality into their equally valid and real timelines with you playing every possible destroyer, creator, victim, victor and every variation from one unmeasurable nanosecond to the next….of course he understands…far more than any temporally unaware being ever could even conceive of the true nature of what such beings call “time and space”…

[@fieldy409]

​​@@NewtonDKCit's true. There was version of The Doctor that did it. It's just that the Bad Wolf Rose went back and saved him from doing it because she loved him so much. But she still had something to go back to, a timeline that is gone now.

[@timespace2879]

Doctor who is one of the best masterpiece the west made

[@BirdieNoodle]

12 is the one of the best Doctors in this show. He’s the *only* one that stood up and said “no, i’m not running away. I don’t deserve to wriggle free. Not again”

[@monolithic7739]

I think thats why I like Cipaldi's doctor so much. He juxtaposes 11's relatively aloof and kind of comical personality so well. This Doctor hits me in the feels way more than any other, just surpassing that of Mr Tennet's performance.

[@notminlum]

it could of been because he got another cycle of regeneration and accepted that this pain helped him over the years and fought it instead of running

[@StrayKisswHobyStrayKids]

Hey Good Omens fan

[@potato686]

calpadi ability to talk alone and delivering super banger speech is really cool , true

[@mixedbaggamer]

Tenant and Capaldi feel like the only two that didn't really run from their trauma tenant definitely didn't run headfirst towards it but definitely wasn't as aloof lazy and ignoring like Smith's

[@HawkTeevs]

This really put into perspective for me just how pure of a heart the Doctor has. Anyone else would go insane with the years of war and millions of deaths he witnessed, with millions and billions more deaths by their hands. But not the Doctor. Instead of giving in to the unbearable trauma, he held onto it as a reminder of why he does what he does. So that nobody else would ever have to feel his pain.

[@tzvikrasner6073]

It's why 11 didn't consider himself a "good man". 8 was the last "good man" Doctor.

[@noahfenech3369]

A weaker man couldnt endure living, a wicked man would live without bother. But to continue doing what he knows to be good in spite of the horror.

[@Sammus_Miner]

How pure of 2 hearts

[@seanshukoski3457]

Pure heart my ass. Regardless of reason, end of the day, he still killed all of them.

[@kalieffoster4607]

​@@seanshukoski3457so you're one of those 😂 well here I gave you your attention

[@LemonBomb24]

A helper helps because they know how it feels to be helpless -A Wanderer

[@karenrhoads1598]

Truth

[@katherineweber8955]

Amen 🙏

[@VoidDrawzs]

It. Is so

[@josefschiltz2192]

Absolutely.

[@Adog110]

That tremble as he breaks away at "When i close my eyes", that is the sign of an actor drawing on real pain... As someone with real experience with PTSD it hits home in a significant way

[@kevingoodperson]

I was thinking that exact thing

[@halion4487]

I love how his tone shifts ever so slightly after that, when saying that he hears more screams than anyone can count. A bit of venom and anger slips in at the things he’s had to do in order to do the right thing

[@raymondcroteau]

As a person also having CPTSD, I recognized this on my first viewing. And he didn't make good or right choices. He made necessary ones. Which still leaves him screaming on the rare times he sleeps.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Never tell a soldier he doesn't understand the price of war

[@AG-tv6sh]

Tut tut not a soldier haha

[@kennethmory1803]

The price of war is that last speck of childhood, of innocence. That illusion that once the battle is fought, everyone goes inside for a snack. The horror of war is not limbs or lives lost... its how the soldier has to take the child within him and beat it to death just to survive... its the death of love and beauty within that soldiers soul... its the way EVERYTHING he does after is tinged with loss and sadness...

[@TheUnluckyGama]

​@AG-tv6sh the doctor was the greatest soldier in the time war. It's why he's so tortured and the only survivor of the final days

[@raymondcroteau]

Not a soldier. A warrior. Honestly, can you see even The War Doctor taking orders? From anyone?

[@tilltronje1623]

Why not? If the soldier understood, he wouldn't be a soldier at all.

[@monolithic7739]

My favorite incarnation of the Doctor. So much emotion. So much pain. So much anger. And yet, so much love for *everyone and everything in the universe*

[@katherineweber8955]

Mine, too

[@second_conflict]

Same. 10 might have been the first Doctor I watched but 12 will forever be MY Doctor. The character growth from series 8 to 10, his relationship with Clara, how he actively chose kindness, Peter's performance - absolutely perfect.

[@SG1Mitchell]

I was talking with a friend about him the other day and though of course all the doctors have had moments of emotion and even anger, I feel like Capaldi was the one who got to deal with the trauma. 12 was a reminder to himself to try and hold onto hope and his ability to save people, but he also inherited a personality that didn't bottle up the anger and frustration anymore. Being 12 was cathartic for the doctor.

[@Issa.nicholas]

Some villains say “this world shall know pain.” and the doctor says “this world shouldn’t have to experience it…” anyone can be made a villain by the pain they experience, but not everyone can use that pain to make themselves stronger…

[@Teachtheworldtoday]

That’s why he loved Van Gogh cause not eveyone can take the pain of a tormented life and turn it into beauty and love and Van Gogh saw that in him when he painted the TARDIS exploding he was wailing and crying that the greatest man he ever knew the man he saw pain and grief in his eyes and sacrificed eveything for no other reason other than it was right and kind it broke him to see somone such as him to die

[@Speed001]

There's a thing I remember from some show or whatever. Adversity helps your children grow into strong adults, but how strong do you want them to have to be?

[@raymondcroteau]

And some break and just retreat from the world so they don't hurt others, but also so others don't hurt them...

[@Akatsuki69387]

I just spit out my water. Great Naruto reference.

[@cloud69err]

I wish we had gotten a series of the War Doctor to sympathise truly with the Doctor. He's literally sacrificed everything for the lives of Trillions and he stands alone in a room full of people. Rip John Hurt you were a doctor for the shortest of time but God damn you were the most iconic.

[@dp-g5i]

The War Doctor was supposed to be Eccleston. We did get a full season of him.

[@adamdavis6512]

With the way the war evolved to the point that it became an actual hell im pretty sure they’re never be able to do it justice

[@DarkLordSolus]

​@@dp-g5i- The War Doctor should have been Paul McCann. I need more McCann Doctor. He had such a small run, and should have had at least a whole series to himself. He was great.

[@c1oudsky]

​@@DarkLordSolus the way they killed off 7th doctor just to make one film with 8th lol

[@DarkLordSolus]

@@c1oudsky - Dude, absolutely. McCoy is such a good Doctor, and was also wasted. 😭

[@rocksnrolls]

A genuine masterclass in acting. His rage, fear and guilt... acting like this is genuinely magical.

[@The_end_of_the_f_world]

Best doctor

[@LETZZPLAY]

Yh I love capaldi for me he’s not my favourite doctor but he is the in my opinion one of the best actors to play the doctor ever

[@ninocraft1]

jeah sadly the writing got worse over time, such a shame for such a performance

[@The_end_of_the_f_world]

@ninocraft1 I don't know about that, I really enjoyed season 9

[@LETZZPLAY]

@@The_end_of_the_f_world I think it was good but certain moments in the season could of been a lot better

[@destinyordu4374]

@@LETZZPLAYwhat’s the title of this movie??

[@gengarvenom1180]

What makes this so offensive is that Bonnie has all of Clara's memories and she still tells the doctor that he doesn't understand.

[@ColinPaddock]

She doesn’t understand.

[@Teachtheworldtoday]

She doesn’t understand cause Clara can’t no one can, he asked Clara if he was good man because he was angry and full of rage and wanted to destroy everyone the harmed this universe and he chose not to be chose to live and to bear the pain he chose sacrifice of himself time and time again to help and to love and he though because he had felling a of rage and destruction and murder he thought he was not a good man when that’s what made him a good man I man who had suffered pain and more death than anyone else who watched the birth of the universe and watched as time ran out he put his own anger aside and decided to help and care and love made him truly good

[@tivednagol9127]

@@Teachtheworldtoday punctuation is your friend.

[@lynnerose7891]

Seriously I don’t understand a word he just typed.

[@DembaiVT]

Reasons why Clara is the worst.

[@Disavowedagent47]

He chose that face to remind him. To hold him to the mark. This is one of the MOST POWERFUL speeches ever. Always brings me to tears with his delivery

[@Undertaker19732]

Absolutely outstanding acting, esp when Peter turns his head - he is encapsulating all that emotion to steady himself to finish the message that war is always unnecessary

[@soggycatgirl]

this whole scene was, imo, the best 10 minutes of the show,, just pure goodness!!❤

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Maybe the thesis statement of the whole damn franchise.

[@beverlykrebs4372]

Peter Capauldi should win an oscar for this performance. I remember watching it and I was bawling my eyes out. Peter is a total legend!!!

[@Losteoin]

He already has an Oscar for a short film he did

[@beverlykrebs4372]

@@Losteoin That's awesome! Now he should get one for the human/zygon speech! 🏆

[@jackwells8107]

Since Oscar's are for (mostly American) movies, I doubt that will ever happen, but the eleventh Doctor did once find a BAFTA in the Tardis...

[@craiglee3048]

He’s already got an Oscar, lol.

[@beverlykrebs4372]

@@craiglee3048 Well deserved!

[@z34rk79]

"You call this a war? This funny little thing?" A hell of a line for people who know of any war on Earth to realize it's all a "funny little thing" to someone like the Doctor

[@Valkyreon]

That is hands down my favorite Dr. Who moment. The whole speech about war and its dynamics is so true, especially in these days. Goosebumps all over again, they really nailed it there.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Peter Capaldi was so passionate because he was a lifeling Doctor Who fan. He was just living a dream.

[@jamiecaniglia]

＂I forgive you＂ Boy does it hit different after Good Omens Season 2

[@HupfderFloh]

Also, G'Kar.

[@aliliving7774]

​@@HupfderFlohoh, a person of the most refined taste. A reference to the best character development ever put to TV.

[@eyeofbrown1387]

⁠@@HupfderFloh *Lifts glass * To a fellow Babylon 5 fan, and to the late Andreas Katsulas. R.I.P. He played one of the most nuanced characters I had ever seen on any show, let alone a science fiction one. I never watched Doctor Who, but some these clips are giving me an idea of how good the show COULD be. Peter Capaldi’s performance here definitely brings to mind the level of PTSD that G’kar had, albeit in a different way.

[@jinchaeji]

Don't bother

[@montyhuckle5206]

Not only does the doctor understand, he understands more than you do.

[@adamtaylor7412]

I am a veteran of East Timor and Afghanistan, This is how we all who served feel this way. It almost brought a tear.

[@Nothingw2]

Thank you for sharing that. 😕

[@gavinjerome8385]

Thank you for your service and welcome home

[@AnAnaSsiKk8]

why are there such sad, soul-tearing moments after the phrase "I forgive you"??

[@ItsZ5]

I wish he said greater war instead of bigger

[@sophiawang3946]

Good omens?

[@AnAnaSsiKk8]

... Yup🥺

[@gerardo9661]

"And when I close my eyes" Man, his voice, his delivery of the lines! What an actor!

[@CyberController-]

This entire speech is golden, 12 is objectively the best Doctor.

[@CyberController-]

@@SouperEmmKay Thanks for the correction

[@GHMYahooka]

not even close

[@CyberController-]

@@GHMYahooka I can't think of any version, except maybe 2, who embodied every aspect of the Doctor's character better than 12.

[@sadaomaou1426]

Was not a fan of 12 David was always my favorite portrayal

[@green-spectre]

I personally prefer Eleven, but twelve is great.

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Underrated Doctor that didn’t get the viewing figures he deserved. Brilliant acting.

[@jacobriggan9430]

This is truly a masterpiece of acting. THIS IS Peter Capaldi at the peak of his performance

[@Ry64-18]

The “BECAUSE ITS NOT A GAME KATE!” Gets me every time 😢

[@splick718]

Never watched this show but every clip I see of all the different doctors hit so hard

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

What I love about the show is The Doctor is the hero not for having the largest guns or best fighting skills. He's the hero because he surrounds himself with good people and approaches problems with compassion, empathy, and intellect. He wins because he's often the smartest person in the room.

[@Awsomonium]

This scene right here is why Capaldi is my favourite Doctor. He gives it so much weight.

[@S3verance]

Capaldi's acting really blows my mind

[@jackjones349]

Peter Capaldi is to me the finest actor to play the doctor and the best doctor there has been. Serious and friendly grandpa, brutal and paternal. Gracious and furious. The real dichotomy of the Doctor. Love him.

[@SunnyShuklathedoctor]

Like how this parallels his final speech against the Master in Series 10. "I do what i do because its right, because its decent, and above all, its kind."

[@lycano917]

This is one of the most amazing speeches that the doctor ever gave supported by an amazing actor.

[@tchristianphoto]

Eccleston and Capaldi were given the best lines about the Doctor's involvement the Time War, and they both delivered so well.

[@hughjass1976]

"And when I close my eyes" is one of my favourite moments in fiction. So much pain behind it

[@nathanparry8315]

I love this scene. It does not need the music. The silence surrounding it emphasises his words and the emotion so much more.

[@josephnolan8217]

One of the best performances. Peter Capaldi had an incredible performance.

[@mathewnavarro1152]

Everything his emotion's capture before he utters a single word of dialogue in this video is such a testament to Capaldi's performance. I love this man. I love the 12th.

[@robertfergusson5367]

The writing they did for 10, 11, and 12 just got better with each season. Tennant's introductions and determination, Smith's wit and stories. Capaldi's theatrical abilties drove the nails in. He expressed, and made you feel, all the pain the Doctor had been enduring for centuries. The choices made, the friends lost, the damage done.

[@ReneeBoomershine]

This was one of the best speeches.

[@JoaoGuilherme-rv3fv]

This guy was just born to be THE Doctor

[@itsigris7641]

"When a good man goes to war" I don't understand but somehow felt this meaning

[@rory8182]

I always thought that the "good man goes to war" implied Rory Williams as the good man

[@long4jimshort4gabriel]

I find that this is one of the best doctor who speeches for almost only the delivery. Peter Capaldi delivered it so well, the pauses between words as though he’s out of breath, or doesn’t know how to express himself is acting gold.

[@KatieCatWalker]

He was the best emotional, human, timely lord doctor ever and he doesn't get near enough respect and love as he should.

[@mariabmccoi]

Capaldi was a fantastic choice for Doctor Who so expressive, impressive, a mesmerising actor showing exactly what Doctor Who should be.

[@albertmuramasa201]

I love it when young kids says to older people that they could never understand how they feel because they never been through what they are in at that moment... My dad once told me, he has been bullied mentally, stabbed, shot at, and many more... He is still standing. But he never says that he has healed from all of those things, its just that he keeps going with all that pain. So, young kids that reading this comment, don't ever say to older people that they never going through what you've been through right now.

[@reyperry2605]

"And when I close my eyes!" I tear up every time on that line.

[@rosamiasumabong4375]

It hits hard...you can feel the emotion pouring out of him....the unfathomable pain, the sadness, the frustration, the anger of disbelief...only those who have gone thru trauma and truly lost then survived can truly understand...❤️‍🩹

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

I think this scene is the best Doctor scene defines war and defines him as a developed character.

[@orkaherra3010]

he was THE Doctor

[@Mastermind8908]

When it came to a Doctor that was fun and adventurous, Tennant is my #1, but when it comes to true drama and emotion, Capaldi hands down. I wish we got a few more years with him.

[@VikInks]

Capaldi is a national treasure, his acting gave me goosebumps for days, and he also made me cry rivers. He own the character and the character own him, a beautiful performance

[@onyxia43]

all of capaldis speeches sound so.. perfect, not saying no one had a bad speech but his he puts everything into, i loved flatline for it and then the zygon war was even better

[@iandrake8202]

Now thats why Mr Capaldi is such a great actor. This scene alone is why he was one of the best Doctors. What a fantastic performance!

[@klingon401]

Let’s be honest all the doctors have given this heart breaking performance and each one nailed it

[@BYERE]

Tennant will always be my favourite Doctor... but Smith's regeneration (into Capaldi), and this speech (and entire scene) by Capaldi, are definitely two of my favourite moments in the series.

[@jonathandoherty9082]

Whenever the doctor is questioned about war and he dips into his pain and ptsd of the time war, it's always amazing, 9, 10, 11, 12, some of the best

[@darkdemon5865]

This is one of my favorite scenes in whole Doctor Who series and one of many reasons why 12th doctor is my favorite.

[@N1troki11er]

Peter capaldi was an excellent doctor always played the part well and always delivered an excellent performance

[@conordallaway7980]

He is really one of my favourite Doctors.......

[@finlandguy427]

Never tell Dr Who that "he doesn't understand", he's way older than humanity, he has experienced more than anyone else, including experienced more pain Never underestimate the mighty Doctor Who

[@Phantom_Gamer1]

The pain in this speech is so real

[@hellknightkaqurval7765]

For me, this one always hits home.

[@jencovandenberg]

His voice is phenomenal in this!

[@MH3Raiser]

I know we all enjoy seeing the Doctor be kind and hopeful in spite of all the pain he's been through, but I cant be the only one who loves that he's finally forgiving himself for all of it. As someone who took the long way round getting help myself, seeing 15 stroll off the Tardis with a jaunt in his step unburdened at last, I can't help but smile.

[@liri4828]

we need a doctor on this planet right now

[@XOrtKnight]

400 Years of fighting to end it in a bang. Literally. The Doctor had suffered so much, he can literally say with a straight face that he’s suffered more than any other character in the Whoniverse.

[@Pouria_odinson]

I've never seen this show but I'm baffled by the performance 😳 wow! what a scene 👌 This was beyond acting!

[@seberustwentythree23]

I watch this speech at least once a month. Sooo good

[@frnbautista]

A true masterpiece..

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

I can't imagine any other Doctor pulling this off. My God, Capaldi and Coleman were sensational. This makes me sad how the series after Capaldi just deteroriated year after tear after year.

[@RAYNOXXS]

One of the best scenes in all of doctor who, and this relates to a lot of people in emotions where they can't tell others about your pain and don't want others to feel about this.

[@JeanBray-cj3lu]

such an underrated actor, Peter Capaldi!! Magnificent!!!

[@schnicschnok4853]

He always wanted to be the doctor and he suddenly was and oh yes he was so damn great! ❤

[@niteshsapkota335]

Soldiers are the real tragedy of the world those who died, did so thinking of their motherland but those who survived the wars went through the real hell

[@nydak522]

One of the best version of the doctor

[@C0s_m0s]

His acting was amazing

[@larkalfen4513]

Extremely underated performance by peter capaldi

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

I wouldn't call it under-rated, because most people will admit it's one of the Doctor's best speeches - and he's given MANY great speeches.

[@PooMonkeyMan]

That is also some amazing life advice as well. His pain spoke a lot and it’s one of the best takeaways from this show.

[@sheaross3124]

Absolutely beautiful no one could have done it quite like Capaldi God bless

[@wyveres]

he was a great doctor

[@dkeath81]

…when I could my eyes… Oh… my heart is broken 💔

[@deadangel554]

The Big Three David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter capaldi. Absolute Legends all three of them

[@katherineweber8955]

Magnificent. Peter Capaldi was an amazing Doctor.

[@captainsinclair7954]

I’m an autistic person with rather horrible control of my anger when it decides to break out of its cage like the werewolf in that Series 2 episode. I have zero acting experience, but I feel like I can easily replicate the moments of expressing that anger Capaldi showed The Doctor of having… except he is so experienced that he can pull sadness, and pity, and regret, and fear, and so many more emotions into those moments in a way I can’t. Yes, you can replicate raw anger, but the nuance of the emotion and where it’s coming from… you can’t replicate that with zero experience. What I’m trying to say is… we are but ants compared to the majesty of Peter Capaldi’s acting range

[@maxdavid7647]

The music is haunting. It makes this scene so much more intense

[@alanjenkins2203]

The best actor ever to play the Dr.

[@joshshearer8775]

Capaldi is such a great actor

[@K-wars]

This is what made Peter my favorite doctor.

[@xavierbarrett2003]

All the doctors are incredible actors

[@denisestottlemyer3150]

He was one of my favorite doctors the level of actor rose sharply with him

[@christioherlassmans9672]

So underrated as the doctor! He was outstanding in this role

[@lindagatti7796]

He really is a bloody good actor.💯👍

[@Yaapo]

Listen, Matt Smith is my all-time favourite Doctor, having the best companions and incredible acting. But objectively, factually, and truly, Peter Capaldi is the best or in the top 3 of all the Doctors' ever in the show.

[@solarwind]

No matter how many times I see this, it still gives me chills. This truly is a masterpiece of a performance